{"id":53786,"date":"2018-09-02T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T12:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53786"},"modified":"2018-09-02T18:15:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T12:45:55","slug":"sc-to-hear-plea-against-sharia-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-plea-against-sharia-courts","title":{"rendered":"SC to hear plea against Sharia courts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"53787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-plea-against-sharia-courts\/images-1-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/images-1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/images-1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/images-1.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/images-1.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/images-1.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court has considered a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apex court, which had last year banned the age-old practice of instant &#8216;triple talaq&#8217; among Sunni Muslims, had on March 26 decided to refer to a five-judge Constitution bench a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and &#8216;nikah halala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked petitioner Zikra to file an application to intervene as a party in a batch of pleas challenging the practice of polygamy and &#8216;nikah halala&#8217; among Muslims.\u00a0Zikra, a 21-year-old resident of Uttar Pradesh and a mother of two, was represented by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has demanded that triple talaq be declared &#8220;cruelty&#8221;\u00a0under Section 498A and &#8216;nikah halala, nikah mutah and nikah\u00a0mutah and nikah-misyar&#8217; rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslim personal laws of India permit the practice of nikah halala and polygamy.In her petition, Zikra narrated her experience of facing &#8220;triple talaq, nikah halala and other laws and practices&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court has considered a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases. 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